2 APRIL 1887, Page 22

Myth - Land. By F. Edward Hulme. (Sampson Low and Co.)— Thin

is an intereeting account of the strange creatures which in classical, meditate], and even modern times have existed in the popular fancy,—the chinned, for instance, fairies, mermaids, and the like. Strange plants, and herbs, and other marvels, founded or not founded, as far as can be seen, on fact, are included in Mr. Ruble's, plan. He has, we see, the good dna° to say,—" The belief in sea- serpents does not appear in itself to be an unreasonable one, mach as ibis from time to time ridiculed." This small volume contains a surprising amount of carefully collected and well-compacted informa- tion and comment.